Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, August 27, 2018
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HFAP revised standards: Legionella
To keep themselves as closely aligned with CMS as possible, HFAP has updated their Acute Care Manual with a new requirement for Infection Control Standard 07.01.03—Reduce Risk of Legionella in Water Systems.
Case study: How DeKalb Medical cut its overridden medication safety alerts after fatal accident
Last October, the hospital was placed under immediate jeopardy following the death of a patient with dementia. After being admitted from a nursing home, the patient was given 10 times the maximum daily dose of a calcium channel blocker, causing a fatal overdose. DeKalb Medical officers self-reported the incident to CMS and released a statement saying they “want to make sure it never happens again.”
Case study: Automating sepsis alerts at Harborview Medical Center
In 2011, the Harborview team decided to fight sepsis by changing the way they detected it. Working in-house, they developed an automated flagging system for their electronic health record (EHR).
Cold weather and drug resistance; tracking seasonal changes in antibiotic misuse
This March, a team of experts working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a study on antibiotic prescription habits in outpatient facilities. The study, published in the Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology journal, showed that there are seasonal trends in prescriptions, with most antibiotics prescribed during winter months.
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